There are 2 bowlers in T20 International cricket, who have taken 7 wickets each in a match but Sonam Yeshe has become the first bowler who has taken 8 wickets in a T20 match. Bhutan bowler Sonam performed this historic spell in the third match of the 5-match series against Myanmar. Bhutan won the series against Myanmar 5-0.

Who is Sonam Yeshe?

Sonam Yeshe is the Bhutanese bowler who created history by taking 8 wickets in the T20 match. He is a left-arm spinner, who devastated Myanmar’s top order. In this match, he gave only 7 runs in his spell of 4 overs and took 8 wickets.

With the brilliant bowling of Sonam Yeshe, Bhutan defeated Myanmar by 81 runs in the fifth T20 in Bhutan. Batting first, Bhutan team had scored 126 runs. Chasing the target of 127, Myanmar team was reduced to 45 runs. Sonam alone took 8 out of 10 wickets.

! The left-arm orthodox magician claimed 8/7 in 4 overs against Myanmar today. @ICC pic.twitter.com/OtOZofj75n

— BhutanCricketOfficial (@BhutanCricket) December 26, 2025

Sonam Yeshe, born on December 3, 2003, celebrated her 22nd birthday on the 3rd. He has taken 38 wickets in 35 T20 International matches played for Bhutan.

Sonam made this record of taking 8 wickets against Myanmar on 26 December, which was the third match of the 5-match T20 series. Sonam Yeshe took a total of 13 wickets in the series.

Who is the bowler who took the most wickets in T20I matches for India?

Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus and Bahrain’s Ali Dawood, who have taken 7-7 wickets in a T20. The bowlers who have taken the most wickets in a T20 International match for India are Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Chahar took 6 wickets for 7 runs in a spell of 3.2 overs against Bangladesh on November 10, 2019 in Nagpur. Chahal took 6 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs in the match played against England in Bengaluru on February 1, 2017.